A jury returns to state Superior Court in Hackensack today to hear closing arguments in the trial of two Bergen County Police Department officers accused of lying to investigators and tampering with evidence following a police shooting.

Lawyers for Officers Saheed Baksh and Jeffery Roberts contend they told the truth in sworn statements to investigators asserting that Baksh issued a verbal warning before firing two rounds at a fleeing burglary suspect after a high-speed chase.

Baksh’s “Show me your hands” demand was not picked up on any police audio recordings because it was drowned out by a radio transmission, the defense maintains.

A day after the Aug. 10, 2010, incident, Baksh gave his first statement to detectives from the prosecutor’s office who were investigating whether the shooting was justified. He told them that he yelled “Let me see your hands” twice, and then fired as the driver reached inside his sport utility vehicle for what appeared to be weapon.

Baksh, who had never fired his weapon before in the line of duty, missed the driver. He told investigators he immediately holstered his gun and gave chase on foot.

Two burglary suspects, who had led police on a wild, six-town chase reaching speeds of up to 90 miles per hour, were quickly captured after they bailed out of their SUV near a rail line in Bogota.

Roberts, who arrived at the bail-out scene behind Baksh, told detectives the day of the shooting that he heard Baksh yell two commands to the driver as he got out of his police cruiser and shortly afterward heard two gunshots.

Neither defendant, however, immediately reported the shooting to their superiors, and by the time the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office was alerted, the crime scene had been compromised, authorities have said.

It was only after a county police K-9 officer, Lesek Lorenc, found two shell casings near Baksh’s patrol car, and pointed them out to other officers, that Roberts called a lieutenant, who was off-duty that day, and informed him about the shooting, according to testimony during the trial.

Baksh acknowledged firing his weapon to Lorenc after telling him to turn off his in-car video camera, which had captured the discovery of the shell casings.

The shell casings disappeared at some point after that, and prosecutors allege that Baksh took them and Roberts kept quiet.

Baksh, 38, and Roberts, 53, are on trial on charges of official misconduct, tampering with evidence and making false statements. Baksh had been with the department for nine years and Roberts for 23 years. Each officer received a base annual salary of $126,294 until they were suspended without pay in August 2012 following their indictment.